Clear reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(51 total reviews)

Damian Symons

86% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Clear has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 51 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Clear employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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51 reviews
1.0
Jul 19, 2018

Damn

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office. Some top-notch talent. The sporadic interesting project.

Cons

Regarding the US business: Unstable. Erratic. Identity crisis. Arrogant. Misrepresentation of company and jobs in hiring practices. Silo’d roles, despite what they say about everyone being a “t-shaped” strategist with an additional research or creative specialization. Zero onboarding. Little institutional knowledge, even about ‘proprietary methodologies’. Dysfunctional processes. High turnover, rounds of layoffs. Boys club atmosphere (as someone mentioned below) & lightweight accountability for misconduct. (By the way, I think the two prior reviews were probably written by people at Clear with hiring responsibilities. Case in point, in Nov 2017 there was no Executive Director in NY with 3 years tenure. But they were in hiring mode at the time.)

2.0
Aug 8, 2017

Unimaginative, poor quality

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office space and occasional free drinks

Cons

A very reductive market research agency where junior staff churn out sub-par work. Management are driven by increasing profit, but don't invest in quality training or work. "Strategy" is a buzz word with them, but the actual work is basic market research.

1.0
Jul 12, 2020

Alarming

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I'm confused where the most recent reviews disappeared to - especially since they all had to do with racial and anti-semitic microaggressions

Cons

Company is very good at hiding a range of alarming problems

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Clear Response
5y
We wanted to reassure you that the review we believe you are referring to is still on Glassdoor, and our comment on that particular review is also applicable here. You can see this review and response if you remove all filters from the search (as the previous response was a former contractor). Only reviews that have violated Glassdoor Community Guidelines will not be viewable on Glassdoor. Because you’ve mentioned antisemitism, we’ve had a chat with Jen, a senior woman and a key member of our diversity committee, she is Jewish and would be keen to talk to you in confidence and understand your concerns, so please do reach out to her. And as mentioned in our previous response if you feel uncomfortable with that our People team at the M&C Saatchi Group are also always available. We do also have ‘Vault’, which is a platform where concerns can be raised to the People Team. There is the option to do this anonymously if you wish, and we’d encourage any employees to raise concerns via this platform.
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